Milwaukee County Transit System spokesman Brendan Conway responds to the bus drivers strike.

Milwaukee County Transit System spokesman Brendan Conway responds to the bus drivers strike.

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Updated: 6:55 PM CDT Jun 30, 2015

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WEBVTT KATHY: THAT IS A QUESTION WE WILL GO TO KENT WAINSCOTT NOW. HE CONTINUES OUR LIKING COVERAGE FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER. WE ARE OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS. WE TALKED WITH THE SPOKESPERSON. HE SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU CALL IT, IT IMPACTS EVERYONE WHO RELIES ON BUS SERVICE. THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING THOSE BUSES TO GET TO AND FROM SUMMERFEST, THE LAKEFRONT. THE STRIKE WILL INCLUDE JULY 3. THAT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS AT THE LAKEFRONT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THOSE BUSES. THAT SPOKES PERSON SAYS HE BELIEVES THE NEGOTIATIONS SOON TO BE GOING ALONG SMOOTHLY. HE SAID THAT AS THE DAY PROGRESSED IT APPEAR THEY WERE MAKING PROGRESS. HE BELIEVED THEY WERE NEARING A DEAL AND THEN THINGS SUDDENLY TURNED WHEN TALK WENT BACK TO MONEY AGAIN. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY TO US. WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE , TO ASK FOR $8 MILLION MORE OVER TWO YEARS, SO THE QUESTION IS WHY HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING EVERYONE IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. WHY DID YOU APPROACH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE LAST WEEK AND THEN YOU JUST ASK FOR MORE MONEY? I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO PUBLICLY BARGAIN FOR SOME REASON. WERE NOT BIG GRUDGING YOU THE MONEY. WERE GOING TO ASK YOU TO PAY MORE FOR YOUR HEALTH CARE. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR EVERYONE ELSE THROUGHOUT MILWAUKEE COUNTY WHO RELIES ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, THERE WILL BE NO BUS SERVICE FROM NOW -- 3:00 TOMORROW MORNING UNTIL EARLY IN THE MORNING ON JULY 4. I ASKED CONWAY WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF EMERGENCY OR SKELETON SERVICE. HE SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER. HE SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLES TO HANDLE THAT. NO BUS SERVICE BEGINNING OF 3:00

MCTS responds to strike

Milwaukee County Transit System spokesman Brendan Conway responds to the bus drivers strike.